TASO’s project with the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Exogeneity supports a new initiative to scale behavioural insights, building on a previous study to turn evidence into action.
Tatjana Damjanovic introduces TASO’s upcoming resource–the Higher Education Evaluation Library (HEEL)–which aims to bring together evaluations on access, participation, and student success in one easy-to-use, searchable platform to support a culture of shared learning and improve practices across the sector.
Pete Crowson, Evaluation Manager at TASO, teases a new tool designed to take the stress and confusion out of building a theory of change. Whether you’re staring down a blank page or wrestling with templates, TASO’s upcoming interactive tool will guide you step-by-step – from initial idea to fully-formed Enhanced ToC.
Demonstrating that an intervention works requires estimating both the actual outcomes and the counterfactual – what would have happened without the intervention. Dr Rob Summers discusses methods including randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental designs and matching.
Today, TASO has published new research, carried out by the Rees Centre, examining how people with experience of children’s social care enter and progress through higher education.